Knockdown cigar-box.



M. HUTUHINSON.

KNOGKDOWN CIGAR BOX.

APPLICATION IILBD MAY 26, 1909.

961,964, Patented June 21,1910.

. i and? MALCOLM HU'ICI-IINSON, OF MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN.

KNOCKDOWN CIGAR-BOX.

Application filed May 26; 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MALCOLM HUTCHIN- sort, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Muskegon, in the county of Muskegon and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Knockdown Cigar-Box, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to knockdown boxes, shipping cases and analogouscontainers, more particularly to knockdown cigar boxes, and has for anobject to provide a device of this character in which the parts are soconstructed as to reinforce the ends and form a support for the lid orcover while bringing the outer portions of the edges of the end wallsflush with the upper surface of the lid or cover.

Another object is to provide a device of this character made from asingle blank of fiber board so cut as to form the sides, ends, bottomand cover of the box in one continuous piece which may be veneered withwood if desired, the veneering, binding and labeling of the box beingdone while the boxes are in the flat, thus enabling the manufacturer toship the boxes in the fiat and economize in car space and, therefore,freight charges.

With these advantages and other objects in view, which will appear inthe following specification and be set forth in the claim, my inventionembraces the structure illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the box is made. Fig. 2is a perspective view of the completed box. Fig. 3 is a fragmentarysection through the line A-B of Fig. 2.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a blank made from suitable thickand durable fiber board, all the parts of the blank being formed in asingle integral sheet. The fiber board best adapted for the purposeshould be built up of several thicknesses cemented together by sometasteless and odorless adhesive, such as silicate of soda, which wouldrender the box impervious to moisture and deleterious substances andwould also stiffen the sheet. The sheet is shaped to provide arectangular main portion having a rectangular extension projecting fromone of its side edges. The blank thus shaped is scored along the sideedge from which the said extension projects and also on lines parallelwith its side Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 21, 1910.

Serial No. 498,442.

and end edges, the scoring parallel with the end edges of the blankbeing on lines coincident with the end edges of the extension, all ofwhich is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The blank thus shaped andscored presents a bottom portion 1, from which project integral endflaps 2 and side flaps 3 and 6, the extension on the side of the blankprojecting from the side flap 6 and constituting a lid or cover 8.

The longitudinal scores are carried entirely through the body of theblank between the transverse scores and the end edges of the blank so asto form incisions or cuts 11 and 12 whereby semi-end flaps 4. and 5 willbe provided. The said semi-end flaps 1 and 5 should be of suchdimensions that when they are folded inward over the bottom 1 theiredges 9 and 10 will meet and the end flaps 2 when folded up outside thesemiend flaps will have their edges 13 projecting slightly above theedges of the semi-end flaps so that ledges 7 will be provided upon whichthe ends of the cover 8 may rest be tween the edges of the end flaps,the upper surface of the cover being flush with the upper edges of theend flaps and the front edge of the cover resting upon the upper edge ofthe front side flap 8. To provide the ledges 7 the distance between thelongitudinal scores and the adjacent edges of the blank is less than thedistance between the transverse scores and the edges of the blankadjacent thereto so that when the blank is folded the upper edges of theend flaps 2 will project above the upper edges of the side flaps 3 and 6and the upper edges of the semi-end flaps 1 and 5 a distance equal tothe thickness of the cover and the side flaps and the semi-end flapswill have their edges in the same plane.

To fold the blank into box form, as shown in Fig. 1, the end pieces 1and 5 are first bent upward so as to stand at right angles to theirrespective sides 3 and 6. The sides are then folded toward each otherinto upright position, the end edges 9 and 10 of the semi-end flapsabutting against each other and the bottom edges 11 and 12 rest ing onthe bottom of the box. The end flaps 2 are now bent upwardly andcemented to the outer faces of the ends, and being slightly greater inwidth than the width of the said ends will extend beyond the upper edgesthereof a suflicient distance to bring the upper edge 13 of the endflaps flush with the upper surface of the lid or coverwhen the box isfolded and closed.

To enable the fiber board to be bent to form the box, it will benecessary to score or crease it where the bend is to be made and theseams may be reinforced with paper or fabric 14 to give the box a smoothexterior at the intersection of the sides, bottom and ends. To give aneat and finished appearance to the box, the sides, ends, and cover areprovidedwith an ornamental border 15,

and are alsoveneered with paper or wood 16 to imitate-"Spanish cedar,the 'veneering, binding and labeling of the box being done while thefiber boardis in'the flat, so that all that isnecessary to finish thebox is to fold the different parts together and cement the ends.

It will thus be seen fromthe-above constructionthat the end pieces whichare integral with the sides arereinforced by the end extensions formedintegral with the bottom, that these extensions are sufficient inw-idth' toextend above theend pieces when the parts are foldedtogetherand are flush w iththe upper surface of the same when the box is closed,also that the semi-endflaps form a ledge for the cover torest upon, and

finally that the cover when closed rests upon the saidledge, and isclamped between the said extensions to' brace and stiffen the box toresist all racking strains to which it may be subjected. 7

The cover 8 of the box may be fastened down,when the box is foldedtogether and filled, in any preferred-manner, but a simple and effectivefastening can be made of a pair of wire studs 17 securedto the upperedge of: the front side?) of the box and proj ecting upward to engagecorrespondingly arranged openings ISformed in-the cover ofthe boxadjacent the front edge thereof,

theprojecting ends being bent over to engagethe upper surface of thecover and hold the same securely locked in place.

'Fromthe foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying draw- .ings, it is thought that the construction andoperation of my invention may be easily understood without a moreextended explanation, it being understood that various changes in theform, proportion and minor details of construction may be made without.sacrificing any ofthe advantages or departin from the spirit of theinvention.

3 Vhat is claimed is:

A cigar box'folded from a single integral blank comprising a rectangularbody orbottom, front and rear side flaps extending from the front andrear edges of the bottom orbody portion and adapted to befoldedup atwright-angle to the bottom, semi-end flaps extending from'the ends oftheside flaps and adapted to be folded inward at right angles thereto tomeet over the bottom and rest upon the same,- end flaps proj ecting fromthe ends of the bottom and adapt- MALCOLM 'HUTGHINSON.

'Witnesses JOHN 'PLOUGHMAN, FRED. M. -B'REUNINGER.

